Suppose That You Have Just Learned That You Will Have

question 32

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you have just learned that you will have a quiz in about 30 minutes on a set of fairly difficult short essays that you haven't even glanced at. If you are like the students described in the discussion of regulating study strategies, you would

• A) select the most difficult essays to read first.
• B) select the easiest essays to read first.
• C) select easier essays to read first if you are an expert, but select more difficult essays to read first if you are a novice.
• D) show no systematic pattern in reading the essays.